education

NTU and University of California partnership

Society

Education: NTU & University of California extend collaboration in research and exchange

NTU President Professor Subra Suresh and UC President Janet Napolitano signed the Memorandum of Understanding.

Feb 21, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Business

Apple to contribute to U.S. teen's education for spotting FaceTime bug

The technology giant said it would compensate the Thompson family and make an additional gift toward 14-year-old Grant's education.

Feb 8, 2019

By Reuters

Society

Singapore's NTU ties up with AI company SenseTime to launch new program for PhD researchers

The newly launched program will help to nurture researchers working at the forefront of AI-related fields such as deep learning and computer vision.

Feb 1, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

NTU Artificial intelligence

Launch of Max Planck-NTU Joint Laboratory for Artificial Senses

Technology

NTU and German institute launch joint lab to develop healthcare and robotics

This would allow prosthetic devices to restore rudimentary sensory functions for patients, who have lost certain senses after a life-threatening accident.

Jan 19, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Artificial intelligence

Crime

Disgusting Instagram page targets female junior college students: MOE decides to take action

When IBTimes Singapore searched the details of the page on Instagram, it showed 'Sorry, this page isn't available.'

Jan 14, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Technology

NUS professors are world's top 15 Augmented Reality researchers

The National University of Singapore achieved the third position in the world Projection-Based an average number of papers per researcher.

Jan 3, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

Education: New app launched to improve communication between parents and schools

Education Minister Ong Ye Kung said that apart from the parents this app will bring major improvements for the teachers in Singapore.

Jan 2, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

Singapore: SMU wins 2018 ASEAN Energy Awards for Energy Efficient Buildings

SMU President Professor Arnoud De Meyer, who retired after eight years in November 2018, received

Dec 27, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

A view of the Nanyang Technological University campus in Singapore August 2, 2016.

Society

Singapore's best: Nanyang Technological University ranks 18th in Financial Times' EMBA ranking

National University of Singapore Business School and Singapore Management University were defeated by Nanyang Technological University in the ranking list.

Dec 24, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Technology

NTU and AMD will launch Data Science and AI Lab to train aspiring tech leaders

From next academic year, NTU undergraduates will be eligible to intern at AMD's Shanghai Research and Development Center (SRDC) and the Singapore Product Development Center (SPDC).

Dec 19, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Artificial intelligence

Society

Education: SUTD signs a broad collaboration agreement with Finland's Aalto University

This agreement is expected to increase student exchanges, boost staff and faculty, as well as, advance innovation and entrepreneurship.

Dec 17, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

Polytechnic and ITE students have to take financial education course from 2019

Ong Ye Kung said that the roll-out of the new curriculum follows a successful pilot project involving 7,000 polytechnic and ITE students earlier this year.

Nov 17, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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Society

Malaysia: Politician Anwar Ibrahim wants Malay students to master Chinese language

He said that he is not defending Chinese and English language but the mastery in other languages must be supported.

Oct 21, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

Newly merged JCs are among 66 schools that will welcome new principals from next year, says MOE

This change of principals is the part of the Ministry of Education's (MOE) annual reshuffle exercise.

Oct 20, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

How to identify fake news? Parents have to educate their children, says MOE

Singapore's Ministry of Education has published a news release where they have listed a few steps that would help parents to guide their children.

Oct 18, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Fake news

national university of singapore nanoelectronics converter

Society

World's top university ranking: China's Tsinghua University beats NUS to become Asia's No.1 university

NUS ranked 23 in Times Higher Education World University Rankings, while NTU managed to move one step above to claim the 51st position.

Sep 27, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Crime

Singapore: Tutor accused of O-level exam cheating, throws phone to garbage due to photos of illegal pets

Three accused were detained for helping six Chinese national students during O-level exams but one of them threw away phone before giving a statement due to photos of illegal pets.

Aug 16, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

Singapore Ministry of Education to open seven new kindergartens in 2021

Singapore Ministry of Education wants to provide more quality and affordable pre-schools for country's children.

Aug 6, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

Teacher mocks student's answer paper by posting it on social media

The teacher photographed those mistakes of his student and posted it on Instagram to mock it.

May 24, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

High-stakes tests, private tuition harmful to students: Unesco

Two popular pillars of education in India and elsewhere in Asia -- "high-stakes" tests and private tuitions -- have been denounced by Unesco as harmful to students and the goals of education.

Oct 28, 2017

By IANS

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